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Company CheckCOLE'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC · DOT 2827477

6317 PARKER DR, COLUMBUS, GA, 31907

DOT# 2827477 MC# 956861 Columbus, Georgia 10 years

CARRIER Physical address changed · Aug 18, 2026

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

10 events tracked · latest Sep 10, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Aug 18, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 8

Aug 5, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 12, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Feb 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 24, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 27, 2025
Roadside inspection, 9 violations (no OOS).
Oct 27, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jul 20, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 15, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address6317 PARKER DR, COLUMBUS, GA, 31907

Mailing Address4332 OLD CUSSETA RD, COLUMBUS, GA, 31903

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC956861

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating10 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 1.78 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 3.71 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage381,735 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)4

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS11.1% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/25/2026

CompanyPROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI

Policy #CA868215679

Last checked09/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet13 units

Drivers10

Mileage381,735 mi

Operating10 years

MCS-15009/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)4

Fatal0

Injury3

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total24

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total18

Out of Service2

OOS Rate11.1%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

18 · 6 OOS -

2024

18 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

6 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

2 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

3 crashes ▲

2026

1 crash ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Aug 2026, 23 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (8.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 5 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (5)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
03/12/2026	COLUMBUS	GA	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/27/2025	Not Reported	GA	1	1	1	Rain	Wet	Daylight
07/20/2025	RURAL LEE	AL	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk
07/09/2025	COLUMBUS	GA	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
02/06/2024	COLUMBUS	GA	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

24 roadside violations across 23 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 19 violations · 8 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (44)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/05/2026	GA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HAMILTON GA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	COLUMBUS GA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/24/2025	GA	Walk-Around (Level II)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/27/2025	GA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HOWARD GA	9	0	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2025	GA	Walk-Around (Level II)	COLUMBUS GA	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/20/2025	GA	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAGRANGE GA	8	4	0	0	0	4	-	▲Detail
02/26/2025	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HOGANSVILLE GA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2025	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORTSON GA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/05/2024	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	COLUMBUS GA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2024	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	COLUMBUS GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2024	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	PINE MOUNTAIN GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/13/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	LA GRANGE GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/22/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	2	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
12/22/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	7	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	CUTHBERT GA	4	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/29/2023	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	MULTI-LANE URBAN HIGHWAY	2	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/25/2023	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	OTHER	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/27/2023	GA	Full (Level I)	TROUP CO I/S NB	2	2	0	0	2	2	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections24

Unsafe Driving 4 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP901383	$1,000,000	08/16/2018	01/15/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP901383	$1,000,000	03/20/2018	08/16/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP901383	$1,000,000	03/20/2018	08/28/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP528245	$1,000,000	01/15/2024	01/15/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OBSIDIAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TARPX-CP-000000086-00	$750,000	01/15/2022	01/15/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OBSIDIAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TARPX-CP-000000086-01	$750,000	01/15/2022	01/15/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	UXQ600185-00	$750,000	01/15/2021	01/15/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP108513	$1,000,000	01/15/2020	01/15/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP004777	$1,000,000	01/15/2019	01/15/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP901383	$1,000,000	01/15/2018	03/20/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP901383	$1,000,000	01/15/2018	04/12/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK009173-00	$1,000,000	01/15/2017	01/15/2018	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	613-00-28-73-0000	$0	01/15/2016	04/04/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	613-00-28-73-0000	$750,000	01/15/2016	01/15/2017	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC956861	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/21/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/15/2021
MC956861	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/20/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/12/2022
MC956861	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/19/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/15/2025
MC956861	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/19/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/15/2020
MC956861	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/19/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/15/2019
MC956861	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/19/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/16/2018
MC956861	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/19/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/17/2017
MC956861	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/01/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/17/2018
MC956861	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/16/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/21/2018
MC956861	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/11/2016	-	-

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95/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−5

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 13 vehicles (~0.31 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−5 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 13 vehicles (~0.31 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Crash Records (5)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (44)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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